[b:6b60709207][size=18:6b60709207]2005 Top 10�s[/size:6b60709207][/b:6b60709207]

[i:6b60709207][b:6b60709207]Concerts[/b:6b60709207][/i:6b60709207]

1. Sarah Slean � Sydenham United Church, Kingston � Nov 5
2. Sarah Slean � Gordon Best Theatre, Peterborough, Mar 5
3. Regina Spektor � Rivoli, Toronto, Apr 6
4. Feist & Friends � Rivoli, Toronto, Dec 1
5. Ember Swift � Hillside Festival, Guelph, Jul 23
6. Sarah Slean � Harbourfront Theatre, Toronto, Dec 16
7. Stars � Lee�s Palace, Toronto, Dec 17
8. Ani DiFranco � Hummingbird Centre, Toronto, Apr 18
9. Sarah Slean � The Phoenix, Toronto, Apr 16
10. Martha Wainwright � Mod Club, Toronto, Jun 9
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[i:6b60709207]CD�s[/i:6b60709207][/b:6b60709207]

1. Regina Spektor � Soviet Kitsch
2. Stars � Set Yourself On Fire
3. Martha Wainwright � Martha Wainwright
4. K�Naan � The Dusty Foot Philosopher
5. Kanye West � Late Registration
6. Kate Bush � Aerial
7. Fiona Apple � Extraordinary Machine
8. Ridley Bent � Blam
9. Bruce Springsteen � Devils and Dust
10. Ani DiFranco � Knuckle Down

[i:6b60709207][b:6b60709207]Movies[/b:6b60709207][/i:6b60709207]

1. Born Into Brothels
2. Syriana
3. A History of Violence
4. Crash
5. Brokeback Mountain
6. Good Night and Good Luck
7. Munich
8. Broken Flowers
9. Wedding Crashers
10. King Kong


...jim[i:6b60709207][/i:6b60709207]

excellent idea Jim! I'll have to think about this one....

i was disappointed with more albums in '05 than i loved, after being enamored with so many in 2004. the biggest disappointments for me were Extraordinary Machine and Aerial, and i was also underwhelmed by Wallflower. while it was far from her best, there was still something enchanting for me in Tori's The Beekeeper that i didn't get in the aforementioned discs. Amos Lee made a beautiful record, as did James Blunt and Glen Phillips, and i must say that i truly loved Jagged Little Pill Acoustic. a lot of the CDs i dug this year were by indie artists. i would definitely encourage folks to check out Amoraphobe by Harmony Trowbridge, Out Here At Sea by Karen Kosowski and Hearts Fall by Karyn Ellis.

i don't believe that Hotel Rwanda had its wide release until six weeks before the Oscars so to me it was easily as the best film of the year. i also give huge props to Pride & Prejudice which was absolutely pristine, and Hustle & Flow which blew me away and had one of the best soundtracks i have ever heard in a film. i still haven't seen Crash (which i can't believe), but i'm definitely renting it this week because i'm sure it'll affect me deeply. Good Night And Good Luck, Walk The Line and Syriana are also at the top of my list of things to get to. i just saw Brokeback Mountain and found it really, really overrated. while there's no denying the social importance of the movie and i applaud Ang Lee for taking it on, i just didn't find it to be particularly engaging. to me it was much more of a lust story than a love story, which belied the whole point of the film. i was dying to see some heart, some true emotion and deep connection and soul revelation between these characters. meeting a few times a year for sex romps does not the love-of-your-life make. just my opinion.

it's very interesting how people who share certain tastes can have perceptions that are so contrary sometimes. i found Sarah's April show to be miles, light years even, better than her december show. i remember feeling so full at the Phoenix, so captivated, so inspired, that i came home and wrote two songs. it stayed with me for days. when i left the Harbourfront show, i was on to the next thing within half an hour. even though the show was technically excellent, there was just a huge emotional divide for me and a complete disconnect when it was over. it's kool to see though that others experienced it so differently and were moved by something that left me pretty cold. part of the beauty of subjectivity i guess.

Hehe. On that note, it's quite interesting that reading your post through, I think that I had the exact opposite impression than you did on a number of things.
I thought JLPA was one of Alanis' worst albums, with the exceptions of a couple of strong songs (Perfect and Mary Jane)... and Extraordinary Machine was, for me, a highlight. But as you say, subjectivity is a beautiful thing
The one agreement I did have with you was Brokeback Mountain... I was really on the fence about this after seeing it. It got a lot of hype, and while I'm glad that someone had the guts to make a mainstream movie with a man-cheating-on-their-wives-with-other-men storyline (because it's a real one... more so in the 60s/70s but even still now), it wasn't quite as good as everyone said it was. I haven't read the original short story but after watching the movie, I want to... Looking beyond the story though, the acting was spotty (there were some really good points, but a lot of not-so-good ones), the editing was terrible which made the movie really choppy, and something about the overall movie just didn't seem... believable. I mean let's face it, no sex is that good, and I'm not sure I was convinced they were in love.

On that note... I didn't see many movies in 2005 (probably not even enough to COMPLETE a top 10 list), but here goes my concert/album list:


[i:a01ca081cc][b:a01ca081cc]Concerts[/b:a01ca081cc]
OK, I couldn't stick to ten. I went with 15[/i:a01ca081cc]

1. Hillside. All of it.
2. Sarah Slean - H.B. Beal S.S. in London
3. The Bluebird North series - Hamilton and Toronto in February, Toronto in November
4. Sarah Slean - Buffalo Icon Nightclub
5. Sarah Slean - Harbourfront Centre (both nights)
6. Shaye - Showplace Peterborough (November)
7. Toronto Symphony Orchestra - don't remember the date but their performance of Bolero was... stunning. I'm still in awe.
8. Avril Lavigne - Copps Coliseum (July)
9. Cyndi Lauper - Massey Hall (December)
10. Jann Arden - Massey Hall (November)
11. Festival of Friends Hamilton
12. Andy Kim Xmas Show (I love you Andy Kim!!!) (inside joke lol)
13. David Usher - Toronto Pride
14. Sarah Harmer - at united church whose name escapes me in Hamilton
15. KidsOnTV - Diverscit� (Montreal)


[b:a01ca081cc][i:a01ca081cc]Albums[/b:a01ca081cc][/i:a01ca081cc]
1. Anna Nalick - Wreck of the Day
2. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
3. Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
4. Esthero - Wikked Lil' Grrrls
5. Dala - Angels & Thieves
6. Luke Doucet - Broken (and other rogue states)
7. Rent - Movie Soundtrack
8. Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic
9. Melissa Etheridge - Greatest Hits: The Road Less Travelled
10. Jann Arden - Jann Arden


I also did my personal top 50 songs of 2005 on my blog about a week ago.... enjoy

http://www.xanga.com/nealj/415877893/my-top-50-songs-of-2005.html

ah yes, i forgot Confessions On A Dance Floor. it is great! really, really good. i'm very confounded by people's reactions in general to JLPA, especially to Hand In My Pocket which i found, bar none, to be the most inspired track on that record. the new arrangement was so beautiful, more like a completely reinterpreted cover than any other song on it, and yet it was panned. the first time i heard it my eyes welled up. i also loved what she did with Perfect and Not The Doctor, and the new version of Our House with the piano was gorgeous. i won't get into my feelings on Extraordinary Machine, other than just to say that melody lines are kind of crucial to songs...

so nice to see a TSO concert on a top 10 show list! i used to work for RTH so i was fortunate enough to see some stellar performances by them. i wasn't able to see Bolero but i can just imagine how awesome it must have been.

but i so hear you on Brokeback Mountain. i don't believe they were in love at all. they were in heat. it bothered me because gay man have forever been fighting the stereotype that their relationships are all about sex, and this movie did nothing but perpetuate that. after i saw it i couldn't believe that Heath Ledger is getting Oscar buzz?!?!?! uh, for what? that grunt-like manner of speech he came up with left a lot to be desired. i actually thought that Jake was better. for me, the best part of that movie by far was Michelle Williams. she was the only thing that came close to stirring anything in me.

Sounds like fun, nice topic Jim. I'm more of a film than a music person so I'll stick to a top 10 in movies (counting only movies I saw in theatres in 2005):

1. Oldboy (South Korea, Park Chan Wook)
2. Un Long Dimanche Des Fian�ailles (France, Jean Pierre Jeunet)
3. Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (South Korea, Park Chan Wook)
4. March of the Penguins
5. 2046 (Hong Kong, Wong Kar Wai)
6. Crash
7. Batman Begins
8. Sin City
9. Save the Green Planet (South Korea)
10. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Biggest disapointment - Memoirs of a Geisha

well, since I didn't buy too many new cds this year, and didn't go to too many movies and since I live in town that for some reason only gets country artists to have concerts, I'll have to do a top five list.

[b:aedf9d0959][u:aedf9d0959]Music[/u:aedf9d0959]
Sarah Harmer - I'm A Mountain
Jann Arden - Jann Arden
Coldplay - X&Y
James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
Metric - Live It Out

[u:aedf9d0959]Concerts[/u:aedf9d0959]
Sarah Slean - MacEwan Hall, Calgary
Sarah Slean - Rosza Center, Calgary
Jann Arden - Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary
Jann Arden - Nelson Recreation Center, Nelson
As The Crow Flies - Key City Theatre, Cranbrook

[u:aedf9d0959]Movies[/u:aedf9d0959]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Interpreter
Flightplan
Monster In Law
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory[/b:aedf9d0959]

Just copied this from my LiveJournal... heh.

[b:24fbf148e8]10 Favourite Albums of 2005:[/b:24fbf148e8]

1. The Duke - My Kung-Fu is Good
2. Dream Theater - Octavarium
3. Fozzy - All That Remains
4. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
5. Coldplay - X&Y
6. James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
7. 30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie
8. Frameshift - An Absence of Empathy
9. James LaBrie - Elements of Persuasion
10. Opeth - Ghost Reveries

[i:24fbf148e8]Honourable mentions:[/i:24fbf148e8] Bruce Dickinson - Tyrnanny of Souls, Mood Ruff - I Do My Own Stunts, Corrosion of Conformity - In the Arms of God, Foo Fighers - In Your Honor, The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute, Justin Lacroix - Boogieman, Iron & Wine - Woman King (EP)


[b:24fbf148e8]10 Favourite Movies of 2005:[/b:24fbf148e8]

1. Batman Begins
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
4. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6. The Squid and the Whale
7. The Producers
8. Cinderella Man
9. Elizabethtown
10. Star Wars: Episode III � Revenge of the Sith

[i:24fbf148e8]Honourable mentions:[/i:24fbf148e8] Four Brothers, Lord of War, The Interpreter, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence, War of the Worlds, Fever Pitch, Hitch, Wedding Crashers, March of the Penguins, Madagascar, Fun with Dick and Jane, Robots, Jarhead


[b:24fbf148e8]10 Favourite TV Shows on in 2005:[/b:24fbf148e8]

1. Gilmore Girls
2. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
3. Lost
4. CSI
5. The Office
6. Scrubs
7. Late Night with Conan O'Brien
8. Survivor
9. Boston Legal
10. Numb3rs

[i:24fbf148e8]Honourable mentions:[/i:24fbf148e8] Enterprise, CSI: NY, Without a Trace, The Colbert Report, My Name is Earl, How I Met Your Mother, The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos, The Apprentice


[b:24fbf148e8]10 Favourite Live Concerts of 2005:[/b:24fbf148e8]

1. Sarah Slean, Jorane, Jeremy Fisher - March 21st @ WECC
2. Dream Theater, Megadeth (Gigantour) - August 16th @ Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee
3. k-os (Jazz Winnipeg Festival) - June 25th @ The Burt
4. Thornley (Junofest) - April 2nd @ The Zoo
5. Wide Mouth Mason, The Heck, Volume, The Saucermen - November 10th @ The Zoo
6. Mood Ruff (G.G. 7th Anniversary Show) - August 25th @ Graffit Gallery
7. Killswitch Engage, Unearth - January 11th @ The Pyramid
8. Billy the Kid - January 18th @ Collective Cabaret
9. Mood Ruff (Jazz Winnipeg Festival) - June 16th @ Old Market Square
10. Melissa Styliano Quartet (Brandon Jazz Festival) - March 18th @ Lorne Watson in Brandon

// l i v e m u s i c ..
x. Lindi Ortega, Gavin Slate & more @ Holy Joe's [12.30.05]
x. Sarah Slean @ Harbourfront [12.15.05]
x. Lindi Ortega, Gavin Slate & Tanisha Taitt @ Victory Cafe [11.05.05]
x. Gwen Stefani with Ciara @ Air Canada Centre [12.09.05]
x. Dayna Manning, Jon Levine, Joel Parisien, Jeen O'Brien, and Hill @ Revival [08.01.05]
x. Sarah Slean with Jeremy Fisher and Jorane @ The MOD Club [02.17.05]
x. K-Os and John Legend with Saukrates @ Molson Amphitheatre [07.15.05]
x. Esthero and controller.controller @ The Phoenix [03.02.05]
x. Dayna Manning, Damhnait Doyle, D. Trevlon and Riles @ Revival [07.04.05]
x. Dayna Manning, J. Englishman, Tavo and Dan Goldman @ Holy Joe's [05.17.05]

// m u s i c ..
x. Mariah Carey - [i:aec481d042]The Emancipation of Mimi[/i:aec481d042]
x. John Legend - [i:aec481d042]Get Lifted[/i:aec481d042]
x. Fiona Apple - [i:aec481d042]Extraordinary Machine[/i:aec481d042]
x. Anna Nalick - [i:aec481d042]Wreck of the Day[/i:aec481d042]
x. Esthero - [i:aec481d042]Wikked Lil' Grrrls[/i:aec481d042]
x. James Blunt - [i:aec481d042]Back to Bedlan[/i:aec481d042]
x.
x.
x.
x.

// f i l m ..
x. Crash
x. Sin City
x. Madagascar
x. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
x. Wedding Crashers
x.
x.
x.
x.
x.

// t e l e v i s i o n ..
x. Prison Break
x. Everybody Hates Chris
x. Gilmore Girls
x. Family Guy
x.
x.
x.
x.
x.
x.

^^ I'm awfully proud that I could list a few considering I don't really watch television anymore. :lol:

oooh how in the world could i forget to list X&Y??? it was my favourite record this year! i'm like hilary swank forgetting to mention chad lowe... gosh i love that album. they had so much to live up to but did it handedly.

i can definitely list tv shows so let's see... in alphabetical order:

The Amazing Race (the first one from early this year, not that god-awful family edition)
American Idol (i still think it's a lot of fun even though this year was weak)
The Apprentice
Big Brother (my guiltiest of guilty pleasures - this season rocked!)
The Colbert Report
The Closer
CSI
The Daily Show
Diplomatic Immunity
The Office
Survivor
Without A Trace

concerts
1. the arcade fire - hillside
2. the white stripes - sept 16, hershey centre
3. sarah slean - church, kingston
4. fesit - harbourfront - cibc stage - canada day
5. sarah slean - mod club
7. sarah slean - harbourfront centre - dec 15..maybe 16
8. cuff the duke - brampton indie arts festival
9. dresden dolls - mod club
10. metric - modclub

live 8 and beachfest were both events i enjoyed too. u2 fits in somewhere during that bottom 5. seeing dayna manning live won me over, il go see her again.

most the albums i listened to were 04 releases. im not sure if i saw 10 movies in the theatre.

Cameron Bay.

[quote:e3df1a244f="siren72"]
so nice to see a TSO concert on a top 10 show list! i used to work for RTH so i was fortunate enough to see some stellar performances by them. i wasn't able to see Bolero but i can just imagine how awesome it must have been.[/quote:e3df1a244f]
It was. It was part of a French composers themed evening -- I get a "Light Classics" subscription every year now and I'm loving it. I normally don't find out what specific pieces they're playing 'til the night of (I like it to be a surprise... and the title on the ticket is usually pretty vague) and I was overjoyed to see that they were featuring two of Ravel's pieces that night. They had a guest saxophone player, I can't remember who it was now, but the whole thing was just astounding. Oh look at me, I'm still gushing!! I could go on and on..



Also, I just got in from seeing Transamerica and it was SUPERB. I couldn't get out of my seat for a couple of minutes after it ended because I was just so involved in the story and really moved by the whole thing. I'm not sure if it's playing anywhere outside of Toronto (or like... NYC/LA/etc.) at the moment but if you get a chance, go see it! Technically it came out last year, so I'm making it my #1 movie of 2005 lol.

i've only seen clips of it, but it looks as if Felicity Huffman does an [i:71cfa0d8fb]extraordinary[/i:71cfa0d8fb] job. she's definitely looking at an Oscar nom, maybe even a win?

and i forgot to put Everybody Loves Chris on my fave tv show list. absolutely fabulous.

Here are my Top 10 albums of the year! The entire list will be online ASAP along with some other favourites lists and such. Here goes:

#10 New Pornographers; Twin Cinema
#9 Melissa McClelland; Stranded In Suburbia
#8 Tori Amos; The Beekeeper
#7 Sarah Slean; Day One
#6 Green Day; American Idiot
#5 Imogen Heap; Speak For Yourself
#4 Anna Nalick; Wreck Of The Day
#3 Kathleen Edwards; Back To Me
#2 Jason Mraz; Mr. A-Z
#1 KT Tunstall; Eye To The Telescope

Sarah Slean was #2 on last year's list and Melissa McClelland was #3 so they both did repeat appearances in the Top 10!

Here are my top twenty albums of 2005. Note, I have added a few 2004 albums that were released in the last quarter of 2004 and I did not buy until 2005.

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000777J2S.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

20. [b:9ea6e351fa]Antony and the Johnstons - I Am A Bird [/b:9ea6e351fa]Now

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Hope There Is Someone
You Are My Sister
Fistful of Love[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000AJJNPY.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

19. [b:9ea6e351fa]Sigur Ros � Takk[/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Gl�s�li
Hopp�polla
Gong[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000B5S826.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

18. [b:9ea6e351fa]Vashti Bunyon � Lookingaftering [/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Against the Sky
Here Before
Thurning Backs[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000AMJDJC.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

17. [b:9ea6e351fa]Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary [/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son
Grounds For Divorce
Shine A Light[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0007GAE6C.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

16. [b:9ea6e351fa]Lily Holbrook - Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt [/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Make Them Wonder
Bleed
When In Rome[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000ALM4FS.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

15. [b:9ea6e351fa]The Like - Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?[/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]What I Say and What I Mean
June Gloom
We Are Lost[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00097A5H2.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

14. [b:9ea6e351fa]The White Stripes � Get Behind Me Satan[/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Blue Orchid
My Doorbell
The Denial Twist[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0008FPIO0.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

13. [b:9ea6e351fa]Sleater-Kinney � The Woods [/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Let's Call It Love
Wilderness
Jumpers[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002XEDXU.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

12. [b:9ea6e351fa]Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch [/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Us
Your Honor
Carbon Monoxide[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00061U64S.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

11. [b:9ea6e351fa]Anna Nalick � Wreck of the Day[/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Breathe (2 A.M.)
In The Rough
Wreck of the Day[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000DZAM8W.01-A2GL02KLAFUTP._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

10. [b:9ea6e351fa]Goldfrapp � Supernature[/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Ooh La La
Number One
Ride A White Horse[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ac/45/b8f14310fca02c24a5064010.M.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

9. [b:9ea6e351fa]Annie � Anniemal [/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Heartbeat
Chewing Gum
Greatest Hit[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B0WODA.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

8. [b:9ea6e351fa]Franz Ferdinand � You Could Have It So Much [/b:9ea6e351fa]Better

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Do You Want To
Walk Away
The Fallen[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0007TJYZG.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

7. [b:9ea6e351fa]Nerina Pallot - Fires[/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Idaho
All Good People
Damascus
Everybody's Gone To War [/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://www.charlottemartin.com/webgoodies/media/wallpapers/wpsmall.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa] [img:9ea6e351fa]http://media.musictoday.com/store/bands/560/product_small/CNDD01.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

6. [b:9ea6e351fa]Charlotte Martin � Darkest Hour EP/Veins EP [/b:9ea6e351fa](Two EP's = one new CD's worth of new material, so I will combine them)

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Darkest Hour
Chasing A Shadow
Veins
Four Walls[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009R1T7M.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

5. [b:9ea6e351fa]Sufjan Stevens � Illinois [/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Chicago
John Wayne Gacy Jr.
Come On Feel the Illinoise
Casmir Pulaski Day[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000B0WOEO.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

4. [b:9ea6e351fa]Fiona Apple � Extraordinary Machine[/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Oh Sailor
Extraordinary Machine
Get Him Backs
Not About Love[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002IVN9W.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

3. [b:9ea6e351fa]The Arcade Fire � Funeral [/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Rebellion (Lies)
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Wake Up
Crown of Love [/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002XVKL8.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

2. [b:9ea6e351fa]Sarah Slean � Day One [/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Lucky Me
Day One
Pilgrim
The Score[/i:9ea6e351fa]

[img:9ea6e351fa]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000BHNLX0.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img:9ea6e351fa]

1. [b:9ea6e351fa]Kate Bush � Aerial [/b:9ea6e351fa]

Highlights Include:

[i:9ea6e351fa]Nocturn
Aerial
How To Be Invisible
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